The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill allotting funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the next three years. According to NPR, the House directed roughly seventy billion dollars to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on June 9, 2026. The measure passed by just two votes before getting signed into law on June 10.
The vote signals an end to the one-hundred- and fifteen-day standoff over ICE funding. The subject was so controversial, it triggered a partial government shutdown for several weeks in early 2026. This was mainly due to controversy over ICE’s tactics during immigration raids in places like Minneapolis. According to NPR, the seventy billion dollar budget is eleven times the size of ICE’s budget ten years ago.
In response to stalled negotiations, supporters for ICE funding used a process known as reconciliation to circumnavigate the opposition. The resulting bill granted ICE three times its annual funding, enough until 2029. The bill allocates ICE funding as follows:
- Thirty-eight billion dollars for hiring, paying, training and equipping ICE officers.
- Twenty-two billion dollars for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to pay, train, hire, and equip personnel.
- Five billion dollars for border security technology and screening, including AI tech.
- Three-hundred-and-fifty million dollars for local enforcement agencies.
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